Utensil



( o'ModeL) J. LEVY.

'GOOKINGUTENSIL.

No.261,465. Patented July 18, 1882,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J AGOB LEVY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

cooKmc UTENSIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,465, dated July 18,1882. Application filed June 6, 1882. (No niodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB LEVY, of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a newand useful Improvement in (looking Utensils, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the improve ment; Fig. 2, a vertical section, and Fig. 3 aplan.

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present construction is designed for preparing soups, boiling meats,and cooking vegetables and other articles of food of a liquid nature orrequiring a liquid in their preparation.

A represents a pot, the shell a of which is imperforate.

B represents an inner pot, which in use is held in the outer pot.Thelowerportion, bfof the shell of the inner pot is perforated. Theupper portion, b, isimperforate. Opposite the lower portion, 1), thereis an annular space, U, Opposite the upper part, b, the shells of thetwo pots fit closely together. The inner pot, at I), rests upon theshell of the outer pot. The inner pot is provided with the lips b 11having the strainers b b.

D represents the lid of the inner pot. .It is provided with theprojections 61 cl, which in size, shape, and position correspond to thelips 11 11 When it is desired to confine the steam or vapor within theutensil the lid is set to cover the entire opening at the top of theinner pot, and when it is desired to let the steam or vapor escape thelid is turned around, so as to expose the strainers b b, as shown inFig. 3. The strainers, while allowing the vapor to pass out, operate tohold the liquid back within the pot, and thus prevent or hinder itsbeing spilled.

- In use the solid materials-for instance, the meat and bones in makingsoup-are placed within the inner pot, and when the soup has beenprepared the inner pot, containing the solid portion of the food, islifted out of the outer pot. As the inner pot is lifted out the liquidportion of the contents of the utensil strains through the perforatedportion b into the outer pot, where it is collected. The portion I) ofthe inner pot being perforated at the side as well as at the bottomenables the liquid portion to readily pass from the inner pot iiito theouter pot. At the same time, by reason of the portion I) being closed,the liquid portion is not liable, in lifting the inner pot, to bespilled Without the outer pot. By reason of the two pots fitting closelytogether opposite the part b the steam or vapor cannot escape from theannular space 0 to without the utensil. The inner pot, B, extends at babove the top of the outer pot.

I claim- 1. The combination of the outer pot, A, the inner perforatedpot, B, having the lips 1) b and the lid D, having the projections d d,substantially as described.

, 2. The combination of the'outer pot, A, the inner perforated pot, B,having the lips 11 b and the lid D, having the projections d at, saidpots being relatively shaped to form the annular space 0, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination of the outer ppt, A, the inner perforated pot, B,having the lips b 11 and extending at b above the outer pot, and. thelid D, having the projections 01 d, substantially as described.

J AOOB LEVY. Witnesses:

' O. D. MooDY,

CHARLES PIGKLES.

